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Problem 15PE: The planetary model of the atom pictures electrons orbiting the atomic nucleus much as planets orbit...
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Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and if not, underline the word or statement that make the sentence incorrect and write the correct answer on the space provided.

1. Electrostatics, as the name implies, is the study of moving electric charges.

2. The word electrostatics comes from the Greek word “elektron".

3. The ancient Greeks discovered the electric charge as early as 600 B.C.

4. An ion is an atom that has lost or gained one or more electrons.

5. Surrounding the nucleus are the electrons, which orbit the nucleus out to distances on the order of 10-10 m.

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